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Eric Yip

葉志衡

Executive Director, Intermediaries, Securities and Futures Commission

Hong KongRegulator

About

Eric Yip is a financial regulator whose experience covers the markets of Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland. Before joining the Securities and Futures Commission, he held senior roles in banking, asset management and at Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing. He began his career as a management consultant at McKinsey and Company.

He joined the SFC on 2 May 2024 as an Executive Director and member of the Commission. His current appointment runs to 1 May 2027. He heads the Intermediaries Division, which covers licensing and the supervision of licensed corporations' conduct and financial soundness. He also sits on the SFC's Executive Committee, Advisory Committee and SFC (HKEC Listing) Committee.

He speaks regularly for the SFC on its ASPIRe roadmap for virtual assets, published in early 2025. His speeches have covered staking services, shared order books with overseas affiliates, margin financing for virtual assets and a framework for leveraged products for professional investors. He has said the SFC's top priority is to complete, with the FSTB, the legislation to license virtual asset dealers, custodians, advisers and managers.

Policy engagement

Oversees the SFC's virtual asset intermediary regime. His April 2026 Hong Kong Web3 Festival keynote reviewed delivery of the 12 initiatives in the SFC's ASPIRe roadmap for virtual assets.

Source: SFC, 20 Apr 2026: keynote at Hong Kong Web3 Festival

Key actions

  1. Keynote at Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2026 on putting the ASPIRe roadmap into practice and completing the new virtual asset licensing regimes.

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  2. Keynote at Consensus Hong Kong 2026 on liquidity, including affiliated market makers, margin financing and leveraged products for professional investors.

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  3. Keynote at Hong Kong FinTech Week 2024 setting out the SFC's regulatory roadmap for the virtual asset market.

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